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Science News in Hindi: NASA astronaut imprisoned ISS rare picture of ‘Spright Lightning’. This red glow appears 80 km above the stormy clouds.
NASA’s astronaut drawn this picture. (Photo: nichole ayers/nasa)
Highlights
- NASA took a picture of Spright Lightning from ISS.
- Sprites appear 80 km above the stormy clouds.
- Sprits explode power in the upper environment of the earth.
New Delhi: NASA’s Astronaut Nicole ‘Vepper’ Aires posted in space has recently captured a mysterious incident on camera. These are called ‘Spright’. A shiny lightning of red colored that fell towards the earth, but in the atmosphere above the clouds. Aires took this picture when the International Space Station (ISS) was passing over Mexico and America. On social media, he wrote, ‘Just. Wow. As we want over mexico and the us this morning, I Caught this sprite. ‘ The red light seen in this picture is not a normal electricity, but a spright. This upper layer of the earth is a rare power explosion made in Mesosphere.
What are ‘sprite’?
Sprites are placed in the category of transient luminous events (TLE). These are the events that occur in layers above celestial storms and are not visible from below. Their shape is like jellyfish, spreading above and with shiny streams going down.
Just. Wow. As we want over mexico and the us this morning, I Caught this Sprite.Sprites are tles or transient luminous events, that happy about the clouds and are triggered by intenses Electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view about the clouds, so… pic.twitter.com/dcqirn3vra
